In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent talks around Govardhana and gives an introduction to the Rāmānanda-saṁvāda līlā from the Madhya-līlā of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 69
TRANSLATION
After falling down to pay his homage, Uddhava described to Lord Kṛṣṇa the immense devotion of the residents of Vraja. Uddhava also described it to Vasudeva, Lord Balarāma and King Ugrasena and presented to them the gifts of tribute he had brought with him.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 58
TRANSLATION
[Uddhava sang:] Among all persons on earth, these cowherd women alone have actually perfected their embodied lives, for they have achieved the perfection of unalloyed love for Lord Govinda. Their pure love is hankered after by those who fear material existence, by great sages, and by ourselves as well. For one who has tasted the narrations of the infinite Lord, what is the use of taking birth as a high-class brāhmaṇa, or even as Lord Brahmā himself?
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 52
TRANSLATION
O master, O master of the goddess of fortune, O master of Vraja! O destroyer of all suffering, Govinda, please lift Your Gokula out of the ocean of distress in which it is drowning!
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 22
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having heard this, Uddhava then tried to pacify the gopīs, who were most eager to see Lord Kṛṣṇa. He thus began relating to them the message of their beloved.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 47 Texts 9-10
gāyantyaḥ prīya-karmāṇi
rudantyaś ca gata-hriyaḥ
tasya saṁsmṛtya saṁsmṛtya
yāni kaiśora-bālyayoḥ
TRANSLATION
Thus speaking, the gopīs, whose words, bodies and minds were fully dedicated to Lord Govinda, put aside all their regular work now that Kṛṣṇa’s messenger, Śrī Uddhava, had arrived among them. Constantly remembering the activities their beloved Kṛṣṇa had performed in His childhood and youth, they sang about them and cried without shame.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 6
TRANSLATION
The friendship shown toward others — those who are not family members — is motivated by personal interest, and thus it is a pretense that lasts only until one’s purpose is fulfilled. Such friendship is just like the interest men take in women, or bees in flowers.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 49
TRANSLATION
“Is he going to use our flesh to offer funeral oblations for his master, who was so satisfied with his service?” As the women were speaking in this way, Uddhava appeared, having finished his early-morning duties.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 44
TRANSLATION
While Kṛṣṇa’s messenger continued speaking with Nanda, the night ended, O King. The women of the cowherd village rose from bed and, lighting lamps, worshiped their household deities. Then they began churning the yogurt into butter.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 27
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus intensely remembering Kṛṣṇa again and again, Nanda Mahārāja, his mind completely attached to the Lord, felt extreme anxiety and fell silent, overcome by the strength of his love.
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